Edger Bennet new OC, Clements Assoc HC & will call plays

So, did Zook get the Special teams then? i've been asleep...

The run-blocking issues are often a function of choosing pass pro OL over maulers on draft day- and rightly so.

Unfortunately, it seems so. I'm guessing MM is just waiting to make all the announcements at one time.

Me likey.  It may also go the point discussed about having a top notch oline/RB/FB talent and getting stuffed on a regular basis.  Overcome the Campen.

I'll disagree with the "top notch FB talent" though. Kuhn is a good locker room guy, solid in pass protection and a monosyllabic white guy makes some fans drool, but he's not much of a lead blocker in the running game.

He's an All-Pro.  I'm not saying that means he's an incredible talent by any means, but IMHO the talent level of FBs overall is as low as it's been since I can remember.  Top-notch now isn't nearly as good as top-notch 25 years ago, but it is what it is.  

 

Guys like William Henderson really aren't around anymore.  They're playing linebacker.  

Mike Alstott was the last top notch FB

Vonta Leach has had a pretty good career. 

Lorenzo Neal

Or H-back.

' McCarthy discovered with the offense is how dysfunctional the running game is " 

 

I don't think that sounds crazy at all GD. Lacy gets yards in spite of the OL at times. It would be nice to see him be able to hit  a hole with a head of steam vs lose his momentum because there's a pile of OLinemen in his way or a DL/LB sitting there waiting for him. The Detroit , Buffalo and Seattle games were examples of how inefficient the short and goal run game really is. Granted those are no slouch defensive lines they faced but I'm convinced that GBs OL  is certainly capable of gaining those tough yards more often than they do.  I have a feeling that the short yardage situation woes of 2014 is the main reason the new OL coach from the whiners was brought in.

Henderson was a better FB than Alstott. Alstott was a very good short yardage running back that happened to be listed as a fullback on the team roster. As a true lead blocker, Hendo was much better.

I think IC was joking.

I don't think he was joking.

 

Alstott went to Purdue, which IC thinks might be in Iowa.

 

But Satoric is onto something.  Really hard to find OL that can run block as well as they pass block and our system is geared toward the pass.  SF OL was highly regarded the last several years because of their running game but we never really saw them have to pass block on a regular basis.  Capernick's success as a passer (what success he had) was built off his ability to run (or threat of run).  I am excited to see if the new guy can take things up a notch though.  

I didn't think giving IC the benefit of the doubt was a thing around here.

 

After further reveiw...I think you may be right. 

I always assumed it was a lack of identity for the blocking scheme. McCarthy has always maintained he wants his offense to be Mulitple rather than be pigeonholed as a West Coast or Vertical Passing or whatever offense. He originally brought Jeff Jagoffzinski on to implement the Zone Blocking Scheme, but he bailed immediately and McCarthy promoted Joe Philbin (who learned from Kirk Ferentz) and Campen who may not have been up to the task of properly teaching the ZBS. Almost all the teams who have successfully run a Zone Blocking Scheme have all had OL coaches who worked directly under or with Alex Gibbs, which is why McCarthy hired Jagoffzinsky who worked directly with Gibbs in Atlanta. Campen has no ties to the ZBS, which is why it failed IMO, and it's why McCarthy has moved toward a power running scheme with more man blocking concepts, but there's a lot of back and forth it seems. All teams use the inside and outside zone to varying extents, but it seems McCarthy can't decide when and how to use what plays. San Fran succeeded because they're a power run team and Seattle is succeeding because they're a zone run team, neither one tries to be the other. Solari's background is in Zone Blocking so hopefully he can provide some guidance for McCarthy and Campen and help us find an identity.

We didn't use the screen enough.  

 

EKB - The Packers didn't run the screen as much as you'd like , but they called it more often than they ran it.

 

Hence the play-caller losing his job. 

 

William Henderson was a much better receiver than Alstott.  And I never saw Alstott knock Ray Lewis on his ass like Hendo did. 

Very good insight

I think we're in the defensive staff changes portion of the offseason:

Sooners Co-DC (and former Hawkeye) Jerry Montgomery joining staff!
http://collegefootballtalk.nbc...ntgomery-to-nfl-job/

Hmmm. 36 years old, four year DL starter for Iowa. College DL coach since 2006 with most recent gigs at Michigan and Oklahoma. OK sources say he'd been their best recruiter also.

He went to Virgin Valley High, same as Goalline

 

Anything short of stripping Capers down naked, painting him pink, tossing him off a high bridge and burning his house down will not be nearly enough for the intelligentsia of Packerland.  

 

Never heard of this guy, but DL seems like a strange place to bring in reinforcements/replacements.  

Unless Trgovac, who has DC experience, is getting bumped out or up? Or, it may be just another set of eyes in the film room. No salary cap for coaches and I don't think there is a restriction on staff size.

 

signed zigmund

 

 

 

 

 

Ding. Never opposed to bringing new talent to 1265. Guy sounds like an up-and-comer.

@TomSilverstein: Montgomery isn't replacing anybody on #Packers staff. Likely to be asst. DL coach. There's 2 coaches now with LBs and DBs.

 

@TomSilverstein: For what it's worth, Montgomery coached at Michigan in 2011-'12. #Packers DL coach Mike Trgovac went to Michigan. They've got that bond.

 

@TomSilverstein: A possibility for asst. special teams coach is def. asst. Jason Simmons, who helped on ST. Adding Montgomery would allow JS to focus on ST.

There will be one coach for every player before long.

WTF is Winston Moss doing? Shining MM's shoes?!?!?

Not enough for Hawk

Wasn't Alstott white? 

Maybe not, but he dreamt about it every night while he was dragging his car across the parking lot. Put an engine it it, Alstott.

Being a virgin doesn't make me high, Satan.

Does this mean Ted likes Jordan Phillips?

Two years ago 90% of the people here would have told you, with a straight face, that Hawk should count as a player and a coach.

@alexmarvez: Source tells @NFLonFOX position @OU_Football coach Jerry Montgomery has taken w/ @Packers is essentially defensive quality control.

Good luck with that.

It's not the shoes he's shining... 

 

 

successful succession plan in process

Need some young lions as the geezer-coaches get older...

 

They had that with Greene, but it seems McCarthy may have sided with Moss in the disagreement there.